The USAID-funded Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity, implemented by Chemonics International, intends to award one or more grants to Lebanese organizations to support the local value chain of dairy cow and small ruminant production in Akkar region. The intervention has a budget ceiling of $1,000,000, implemented by one or more Lebanese organization(s), lasting no longer than 18 months.
This RFA has two lots and applicants may bid on either LOT 1, LOT 2 or Both.
LOT 1: Deliver Animal Health and Nutrition Productivity Trainings for at least 275 Dairy Cow Farmers
LOT 2 : Deliver comprehensive set of Animal Husbandry Trainings for 250 Small Ruminant Herders
Applications should be submitted in electronic copy only to the ARE grant email address: grants@lebanonare.org and should reference RFA No.018. Deadline for submitting the applications is 05:00 PM Beirut local time, on January 19, 2023. Late or unresponsive applications will not be considered. Only electronic submissions to grants@lebanonare.org will be accepted.
ARE will hold a pre-application virtual workshop on Tuesday December 13, 2022 on MS Team from 10AM to 12 PM. Interested applicants that meet the eligibility requirements defined in Section III of the RFA and would like to attend this workshop must confirm their attendance by sending the participant’s name and the organization’s name to grants@lebanonare.org by Friday December 9, 2022 at 5PM.